More Moving

We had taken up 20 van loads by early October. The moving went on. We continued to have visitors at the acreage on the weekends while we were there, and enjoyed the short breaks from moving. Halloween came and went, and by Thanksgiving we had moved 32 van loads. Finally we had the old house ready and it went on the market just before Christmas. The next day we happily accepted an offer for our asking price. We enjoyed Christmas and New Years at the acreage and took a long break there, then traveled back to the old house in early January. The buyer’s financing failed but they were able to secure another loan, which pushed back the closing date. More moving occurred through January until finally the time had come and we were spending our last night at the old house. The next day was Groundhog Day, and we crammed the last of our stuff into both vans, did some cleaning in the house, left the keys on the counter and closed the door behind us for the last time. We had lived there for over 26 years. We began moving in late July of 2018 and finished in early February of 2019. Shelly and I ended up moving 44 van loads to our acreage. It was finally done, and we could relax and enjoy our first winter at our new home in the country. Or so we thought.